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Locality Name:
Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1666
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.01

mindat Locality ID: 206071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Big Bend Mine
Boomerang Mine (Matlock Mine; Mount Maggie Mine)
Busy Bee Mine
Carrier Shear Mine
Climax Mine
Cremis Mine (Cremis Prospect)
Flying Horse Mine
Galah Syncline Mine (GS No. 1 Mine)
Jack McNamara Mine
Kay Prospect (Kay Mine)
Lady Agnes Mine
Lady Annie Mine (Lady Annie Deposit; Lady Annie Oxide Copper Project; Flying Pig)
Lady Loretta Deposit (Lady Loretta Prospect)
McLeod's Hill Mine
Mount Clarke Mine (Mount Clarke Deposit)
Mount Gordon
Mount Kelly Deposit (Mount Kelly Mine)
Mount Kelly Mine (Mount Kelly Deposit)
O. P. Mine (Proxham Park Mine)
Old Smokey Prospect (Old Smokey Mine)
P. A. Mine
P. V. L. Mine (PV Prospect)
Red Hill Prospect (Red Hill Mine)
Seymour River
Shady Bore Mine
Spinifex Queen Mine
Swagman Mine
The Drifter Mine
Top Design Prospect (Top Design Mine)
Why Prospect (Why Mine)

Latitude: 19°34'29"S
Longitude: 139°6'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.574722222222,139.10722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore
Digenite	Dufrénite	Enargite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wavellite
Wurtzite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore
Digenite Dufrénite Enargite Feldspar Kaolinite Leucophosphite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wavellite
Wurtzite Zircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrodufrénite ()*	Nissonite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sieleckiite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	11533	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1666	1643	1	11515	2734
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄			1	11523	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1666	1643	1	11515	3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄			1	11533	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	11523	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	11533	143
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	11533	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	11504,11528,11533,11543	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1666	1643	1	11515	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	11523,11528	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	11533	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	11521	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1666	1643	1	11515	4979
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O			1	11533	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			5	11513,11514,11523,11528,11533	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1666	1643	9	11503,11506,11514,11515,11521,11523,11528,11533,11543	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	11533	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	11504,11513,11514	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	11523	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	11533	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	11523	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	11523,11528	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	11514	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	11533	179
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	11523,11528	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	11523	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			7	11503,11506,11507,11514,11523,11533,11543	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	11523	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1666	1643	1	11515	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1666	1643	2	11515,11523	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅			1	11523	38
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	11523	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	11523	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1666	1643	1	11515	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1666	1643	3	11515,11523,11533	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	11533	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	11523	5591
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	11533	110
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	11533	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			7	11504,11505,11513,11514,11533,11543,11553	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	11523	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	11523	5800
Natrodufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	11533	46
Nissonite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·5H₂O			1	11533	4
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	11533	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	11523	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	11523	2349
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	11533	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1666	1643	7	11514,11515,11521,11523,11528,11533,11543	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1666	1643	10	11503,11506,11507,11514,11515,11523,11528,11533,11543,11553	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	11523	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1666	1643	1	11515	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	11523	249
Sieleckiite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·2H₂O			1	11533	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1666	1643	2	11515,11523	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈			1	11523	73
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	11514	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1666	1643	1	11515	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	11533	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	11533	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	11533	374
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈			1	11523	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	11523	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00022	1645	1645	1645 Ma			13984	Lady Loretta Deposit (Lady Loretta Prospect), Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Lady Loretta	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00029	1666	1643	1658±8 to 1647±4			13984	Lady Loretta Deposit (Lady Loretta Prospect), Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Lady Loretta	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
ree-00063	5.3	0.01	Pliocene-Pleistocene			208662	Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	Gordon	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Bradley_2012_128	1371	1361	1366±5	Ar/Ar	white mica	208684	Myally Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	[Myally Subgroup]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080035	Mount Oxide Copper Mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia	https://rruff.info/R080035

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